L'imaginaire médico-religieux : un chapitre méconnu de l'histoire de la littérature moderne. De Balzac à Guibert, de Michelet à Leiris, en passant par Zola, Huysmans, Artaud et tant d'autres, un tel imaginaire a configuré les conceptions les plus diverses de la littérature et de l'art. Portraits de l'écrivain en clinicien, en anatomiste de la société, en guérisseur, ou encore en patient, digne de compassion : dans leur variété, ces figures renvoient à une problématique inséparablement médi...

Au sein d'un couple, souvent l'un et l'autre exercent leur profession dans des villes différentes. Dans leur existence pimentée de vols lointains pour le travail ou les loisirs, ils bougent sans cesse. Se sentent-ils pour autant plus libres? En outre, ils tiennent à s'enraciner dans leur maison de campagne. Ce va-et-vient caractérise la société contemporaine, ample phénomène dont le sociologue Vincent Kaufmann, après de longues enquêtes, analyse les conséquences: éclatement urbain, rôle im...

All too often, mobility is evoked as a preferred indicator in explanations of space-time compression and its impact. However, in failing to clearly distinguish speed potentials from their use, such analyses veer towards technological determinism, or else towards the normative domain. In order to avoid this trap, the motivations underlying mobility must be explored. This groundbreaking examination is carried out through a discussion of the following general question: to what extent can the ...

Il est 17 h. Louis vérifie une dernière fois les horaires du bus 42 qui passe en bas de chez lui. Son scooter étant en panne, il doit se résoudre à prendre les transports collectifs pour aller voir son frère. Mauvaise surprise à l’arrêt de bus : « retard indéterminé ». Regard à droite vers les vélos en libre-service : il ne sait pas comment en prendre un et ne veut pas être la risée des passants. Coup d’oeil à gauche vers le taxi qui passe sans passager : il n’a pas les moyens. Tant pis. E...

Mobility, which has represented a critical scientific category and political driver, is currently under strong public scrutiny: has mobility lost its potential for social cohesion and political integration? Europe Beyond Mobility: Mobilities, Social Cohesion and Political Integration assesses this question by focusing on the European integration process, conceptualized as a political project for the promotion of different flows of mobility.Mobility has been a fund...

Mobilités, fluidités... libertés ? Nous nous déplaçons plus, plus vile et plus loin. Ces tendances lourdes interrogent les sciences sociales à plus d'un titre : la croissance des déplacements est-elle le reflet d'une transformation de la spatialisation des sociétés ? Est-elle la manifestation d'une fluidification sociale réductrice des inégalités ou, au contraire, serait-elle le signe de l'émergence de nouvelles formes de différentiations sociales fondées sur le potentiel de mobilité des a...

Synthetic Data and Generative AI covers the foundations of machine learning, with modern approaches to solving complex problems and the systematic generation and use of synthetic data. Emphasis is on scalability, automation, testing, optimizing, and interpretability (explainable AI). For instance, regression techniques – including logistic and Lasso – are presented as a single method, without using advanced linear algebra. Confidence regions and prediction intervals are built using paramet...

The concept of mobility has grown enormously over the last two decades. A large part of the social sciences has been interested in the different forms of mobility, from a wide variety of spatial and temporal scales.This book presents the different spatial and temporal scales of mobility and the way in which they form a system, by associating them with essential and original research objects. It provides an in-depth review of scientific knowledge, a perspective on major societal iss...

Mobility is a basic principle of modernity besides others like individuality, rationality, equality and globality. Taking its cue from this concept, this book presents a movement that begins with the macro-social transformations linked to mobility and ends with empirical discussions on the new forms of mobility and their implications for everyday life. The book opens with a study of the social changes unique to the second age of modernity, with contributions from Ulrich Beck, John Urry, Wo...

This book offers the reader a comprehensive understanding and the multitude of methods utilized in the research of urban mobilities with cities and ‘the urban’ as its pivotal axis. It covers theories and concepts for scholars and researchers to understand, observe and analyse the world of urban mobilities.The Handbook of Urban Mobilities facilitates the understanding of urban mobilities within a historic conscience of societal transformation. It explores key concepts and t...

The devastating effects of climate change are undeniable. Fires rage and waters rise in every corner of the globe. In light of these changes to our planet, the issue of social and environmental wellbeing has gained prominent attention from both academia and policy makers. Scholarly research on the interaction between social and employment policy domains has flourished. Academics now reflect on the different aspects of environmental and social protection, ecological and social risks, and th...

Travelling intensively to and for work helps but also challenges people to find ways of balancing work and personal life. Drawing on a large European longitudinal study, Mobile Europe explores the diversity and ambivalence of mobility situations and the implications for family and career development.